The Perry County Herald

Saturday night, March 26,witnessed the return of abeloved Perry County tradition. Perry County HistoricalSociety’s annual fundraiser,the Low Country Boil, was awelcome event after a weekof rain and thunderstorms.The weather cooperatedwith organizers all evening,ensuring an enthusiasticturnout as locals and guestsfrom out of town feasted onshrimp, sausage, corn, andpotatoes prepared in the traditional South Carolina lowcountry fashion,...

Nonprofits serving Hale, Perry, receive almost $500k for home weatherization assistance programs in the Black Belt

The State of Alabamahas given over $200,000 toCommunity Service Programs of West Alabama.Funds will go towards assisting low-income familiesand the elderly with weatherizing their residences.Earlier this week, Governor Kay Ivey awardedgrants in the amount of $2.9million in conjunction withAlabama’s WeatherizationAssistance Program. Theprogram seeks to improvethe safety and efficiency ofhomes, particularly thosebelonging to the elderly,disabled, and...

SA’s Webb and James tapped for all-state basketball

The Alabama Sports Writers Association All State Basketball team was announced on March 20. The team is selected by the ASWA prep committee following nominations from coaches from throughout the state. The top 20 players in the state are chosen into 4 teams as 1st team, 2nd team, 3rd team and honorable mention. This year...

Flood waters overcome school bus in East Perry, driver gets rescued by boat

John Clark

Ed. Note: All photos and video by Betty Ann Abernathy Sanders, who is quoted in the following story. Though last Tuesday night’s weather included a tornado warning for Perry County, it was flooding that caused the most problems in a night that saw severe weather batter the region. That pattern was expected to continue as...

Downed trees block highways in Perry, power outages in Hale, and damage to the Faunsdale Bar and Grill in Marengo as storms batter the Black Belt

John Clark

Severe thunderstorms battered the Black Belt for the second time in as many weeks on Wednesday night, spinning up as many as three possible tornadoes in Perry County. A line of powerful storms, which also brought heavy rains and damaging straight line winds, caused damage throughout West Alabama as they traveled east across the state. ...

NWS urges caution in Black Belt ahead of approaching storm system

30 Mar 2022

John Clark

Hale and Perry Counties could see severe weather, including straight line winds in the 55-60 mile per hour range, as a powerful storm system moves across Alabama on Wednesday afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service says the storm system will begin to reach the state’s western border at around 5:00 this evening, and will...

Francis Marion’s Running Rams Start Spring Strong

The Francis Marion Track and Field team (The Running Rams) competed at their first track meet for the Spring of 2022 at the Huffman High School Taxx Invitational 2022. The girls team placed 5th out of 11 teams. The boys team placed 4th out of 11 teams. Jamecia Hurt placed 3rd in the girls high jump....

Weed Management for Spring Forages

by Tanner Hood FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala.—As springtime approaches, so do those pesky weeds that keep pastures from producing at the highest level. David Russell, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System weed specialist, said management of spring forages and weed control is an important task that most farmers undertake on a yearly basis. That means many...

Theatre Tuscaloosa’s ‘Project Broadway’ Summer Intensive Workshop for Teens will be June 13-17

TUSCALOOSA, AL – Theatre Tuscaloosa is launching Project Broadway, a new summer intensive workshop for teens in which theatre professionals will work side-by-side with participants to craft a unique Broadway-style musical that they will write, rehearse, and perform in just one week – June 13-17, 2022 – in the Sandra Hall Ray Fine Arts Center...

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